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Can anyone tell me what the following command does, in detail if possible?
There is a item on my right click menu called "Run Elevated" that allows a normal user to run and executable file with elevated or admin privileges. I don't know how it got there but I wanted to know was this command used in granting that elevated privilege: cmd.exe /c takeown /f "%1" && icacls "%1" /grant administrators:F. I found this will browsing through my registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*/shell
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- husoskiLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
That takeown command transfers ownership of the file identified by the %1 argument to the current logged-in user, and that icacls command grants ful access rights to all members of the administrators group.
"Run elevated" doesn't show up in my menu, but my regular login doesn't have admin rights. Too much chance of infection. I believe that "run elevated" is an option given to an admin login to allow a command or batch file access to system control functions, and is a protection against accidental damage and/or intentional spoofing of a harmless command with a like-named batch file.
For more information about those command, fire up Command Prompt and run:
takeown /?
icacls /?
